The Wedge. This was the iconic supercar shape of the 1970s, and remains the definitive outline of most exotic cars produced in the period.
One of the most famous of which is the Lotus Espirit, which became known around the world through being showcased in 1977's Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. Its appearance in the film coupled with the fact it had underwater capabilities (unfortunately these didn't come as standard, or at all in the real world) earned it legendary status.
Despite this, Hot Wheels didn't produce a casting of the Espirit S1 until 2014 (they had done an S4 Turbo). The casting made it's debut in Batch A of 2015, and just like the Aston Martin DB5 that had appeared in 2014, it was immaculately proportioned and brilliantly executed to the point where the question of whether it should have been a Matchbox was raised. I personally don't agree with that, as I'm currently loving the variety which underpins the HW Mainline.
As was to be expected, the first release was in white, reminiscent of Roger Moore's star car, which was received well, and it has gone on to return three times; in the Mainline in 2015 it was also later released in red, and has just returned for 2016 in yellow - both stock colours that the car was actually available in (I won't lie, I love it when HW does that). As for the third? In between these two releases it appeared in the James Bond series, but I have excluded that release as it is a carbon copy of the First Edition. The Espirit has also appeared in the Retro Entertainment line twice, one of those times as the underwater version, but due to the difficulty of acquiring them in the UK I have neither.
Overall, this is a great casting of a terrific classic car, and one that I hope keeps coming.
With that other iconic Seventies wedge, the Lamborghini Countach (shh, I know the 25th Anniversary Ed. was produced from 1988-90):
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